Shoe fastener



Oct. 12 1926.

c. J. COONS SHOE FASTENER 7 Filed March 19, 1926 Attorney Patented Get.12, 1926.

UNITED, STATES 1,602,571 PATENT OFF-ICE.

, CHARLES J. COONS, on ANCBAM, new YORK.

SHOE Fhs'rENER.

Application filed March 19 1926i Serial no. 9 5,949.

Another important object of the inven tion is to provide a shoe fastenerof this nature which .will form an elastic connection between the edgesof the opening of the shoe upper. I

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a shoefastener of this nature having a flexible member thereon slidablethrough a loop fixed to the shoe to prevent the loss of the fastenerwhen the same is in a disengaged position.

Another important object of the invention lies in the production of ashoe upper having beads "formed on the edges of the sides 01 the openingof the shoe upper on which are slidable flexible sections connectedtogether by elastic lacing whereby said sections with their lacing maybe slid along the beads for opening and closing said opening.

Another very important object of the invention lies in the provision ofmeans for holding the sections in a closed position in relation to theopening of the shoe upper.

l/Vith the above and numerous other ob jects in view as will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction, and in the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a shoeshowing my improved fastener associated therewith,

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the inner face of the fastener,

Figure 3 is a cross section therethrough,

Figure A is a detail elevation showing a portion of the shoe and thebottom end of the fastener beads, and

Figure 5 is a detail perspective of one of the skeleton members.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5designates a shoe of any desired or conventional construction which isprovided with the usual upper 6 having the opening'f, the sides of whichare formed with beads indicated generally by the letters A. These beadsA are U- shaped in cross section or end elevation as is apparentrespectively from Figures 3 and at, thereby iorming channels. Each beadis constructed from a plurality of skeleton:

members indicated generally by the numorals 9 which are covered byleather such as the shoe upper is made from, indicated at 10. A loop 11is held by stitching or the like between the lower ends 01 the beads A.

The fastener includes a pair of slide sec-' tions indicated generally bythe letters B.

Each section B includes a plurality of skele-- ton members 12 covered byleather These slide sections are U-shaped in cross section and areconnected at their bottoin ends as is indicated at C. The outer sides ofthe sections B extend toward each other;

as clearly shown in Figure 3 and slide inside the channels of the beadsA. The skeleton members 9 "are similar-in construction to the skeletonmembers 12. One of the skeleton members 12 is shown in a detailperspective'view in Figure 5, and referringtheret'o it will be seen thatthis skeleton member 12 is formed from a single strand of wire providingan intermediate portion 1A having a pair of U-shaped frames 15 mergingtherefrom in spaced parallelism and terminating in eyes 16. These eyes16 are exposed as clearly seen in Figures 1, 2, and 3, so that anelastic strip 17 may be laced therethrough, thereby forming an elasticconnection between the two slide sections B. A flexible strand 18 hasits intermediate portion passed through a tab 19. The strand is thentrainedthrough openings 20 in the connection C-and is then attached to aclevis 21. trained through an eye'on the end of the clevis 21 andthrough. some of the upper eyes 16 and through a loop 23 on a tab 2 1,and then attached to the upper ends of the sections B. Immediately belowthe bottom eyes 16 through which the strand 22 is trained, the runs ofsaid strand are connected as at 25. The strand 18. clevis 21, and strand22 are trained through the loop 11. Thus by pulling on the tab 19, theslide Another flexible strand 22 is be nning misplaced or lost. Suitablefas tening elements 2? are provided at the upper ends of the beads Awith which the upper portions of the strand 22 may be engaged forholding the fastener in a closed position against sliding movementdownwardly.

From the above description itwill be seen that l have provided afastening device which can be conveniently brought to a closing positionand as readily and rapidly carried to a releasing position, so that theshoe can be unobstructedly removed from the foot, and which is simple,durable, effective, and inexpensive to manufacture as well .asattractive in appearance.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of thisinvention will now be clearly understood without a more detaileddescription thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has beendisclosed in detail since in actual practice it attains the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention andthe above description. It will be apparent, however, that numerouschanges in the details of construction, and in the combination andarrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificingany of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A shoe fastener of the class described; wherein the shoe is providedat the sides of its opening with a pair of beads; a pair of slidesections on said beads and elastic connecting means between said slidesections, each section being made up of a plurality of skeleton memberscovered by flexible material, each skeleton member including anintermediate straight portion merging into il -shaped frames disposed inparallel spaced relation.

2. A shoe fastener of the class described; wherein the shoe is providedat the sides of its opening with a pair of beads; a pair of slidesections on said beads and elastic connecting means between said slidesections,

each section being made up of a plurality of skeleton men hers coveredby flexible mate rial, each skeleton member including an intermediatestraight portion merging into shaped fran'ies disposed in parallelspaced relation, said frame terminating in which are GXPO'SQCl beyondthe covering hi1:- terial, and said means being in the form oi lacingtrained through said eyes.

A shoe fasten-er of the class described; wherein the shoe is provided atthe sides of its opening with a pair of brads; a pair of slide sectionson said beads and elastic connecting means between said slide sections,each section being made up of a plurality of skeleton members covered byflexible inaterial, each skeleton men'iber including an intermediateaight portion merging into U-shaped i: ames disposed in parallel spacedrelation, said frame tern'iinating in eyes which are exposed beyond thecovering ma terial, said means being in the form of lacing trainedthrough said eyes, a loop between the bottom ends of the beads, and aflexible member attached to the top and bot tom ends of the sections andtrained through said loop. '7

at. A shoe fastener of the class described; wherein the shoe provided atthe sides of its opening with a pair of beads; a pair of slide sectionson said beads and elastic connecting means between said slide sections,

ach section being made up of a plurality of skeleton members covered byfleiqible material, each skeleton men'iber including an intermediatestraight portion merging into ljshaped fran'ies disl "ed in parallelspaced relation, said fr? ing n which are exposed beyond the ci'iveringinaterial, said means being in the form of lacing trained through saideyes, a loop between the bottom ends of the heads, a flexible memberattached to the top and bottom ends of the sections and trained throughsaid loop, fastening elements provided at the upper ends of the beadsfor engagement by the flexible member. L

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES J. COONS.

